Card Cycles
This cycle of five cards first appeared in Alpha and are typically referred to as the "Boon Cycle," since each card has an effect pertaining to the number 3 for each color. What cards are in this cycle?
Healing Salve, Ancestral Recall, Dark Ritual, Lightning Bolt, and Giant Growth.
This 4-mana artifact creature was designed by Jens Thoren after winning the Magic 2002 Invitational Tournament -- it is typically referred to as "Sad Robot."
Solemn Simulacrum.
Though these two keywords' effects may be confused by new players, ______ and ______ both make it to where a permanent may not be the target of spells or abilites.
Hexproof and Shroud.
Whenever a player decides to spend a burn spell turn 1 in order to kill an opposing mana dork, this action is referred to as "______."
Bolting the Bird.
The Legendary Artifact, "The Mightstone and the Weakstone," was named after ______ and ______ respectively.
Urza and Mishra.
This cycle of five cards first appeared in Core Set 2011 and involves five 6/6 "titans" for each respective color. They all have effects which trigger when they ETB or attack. What cards are in this cycle?
Sun Titan, Frost Titan, Grave Titan, Inferno Titan, and Primeval Titan.
This 4-mana 4/5 Abzan creature was infamous during Khans of Tarkir standard for being apart of many powerful Abzan decks -- it was considered to be one of the best creatures in the format and its rotation out of standard was celebrated.
Siege Rhino.
This keyword, which was introduced in Future Sight, allows the player using it to look at the top [X] cards of an opponent's library and put any number of them to the bottom and keep any number of them on top.
Fateseal.
Whenever a spell -- typically around 1 or 2 mana -- does a minor effect while also having "draw a card" attached to it, this card is referred to as a(n) "______."
Cantrip.
During the events of March of the Machine, it was this character who finally killed Elesh Norn -- ending the Phyrexian Invasion.
Karn.
This cycle of five cards first appeared in Throne of Eldraine and contains a cycle of Mythic Legendary Artifacts who each have an effect based on their respective color. What cards are in this cycle?
The Circle of Loyalty, The Magic Mirror, The Cauldron of Eternity, Embercleave, and The Great Henge.
This planeswalker is the only on in the entirety of MTG's history that is considered as a creature while it is not on the battlefield.
Grist, the Hunger Tide.
On some split cards you may find the keyword "______," which allows a player to cast both sides of the card by paying both sides' mana values together to get both effects.
Fuse.
Whenever a deck -- typically multicolored decks -- plays specific cards not beacuse of their synergies, but because of their generically high power/quality, they are typically referred to as "______" decks.
Goodstuff.
Zendikar and Innistrad.
This cycle of five cards first appeared in Lorwyn and consists of a set of five rare sorceries known as "Commands," each with their own respective color effects. What cards are in this cycle?
Austere Command, Cryptic Command, Profane Command, Incendiary Command, and Primal Command.
This card, which is banned in Commander, is an 8-mana green sorcery that makes each player's life totals become equal to the number of creatures they each control.
Biorhythm.
Throughout the entiery of Magic's history, there have been many "evasion" keywords -- abilities which make a creature only blockable in certain conditions OR unblockable if certain conditions are met. Name all evasion keywords.
Flying, Menace, Shadow, Intimidate, Fear, Horsemanship, Skulk, [Land]walk, and Protection from [X].
While each color in Magic has their own "characteristic" creatures (e.g., elves for green; goblins for red), they also have their own "iconic" creatures. These creatures are typically rare to mythic and are believed to be representative of everything about their specific color. For each color in Magic, what are their "iconic" creatures?
White = Angel; Blue = Sphinx; Black = Demon; Red = Dragon; and Green = Hydra.
Who are the Elder Dragons of each school in Strixhaven: School of Mages?
Velomachus Lorehold, Galazeth Prismari, Tanazir Quandrix, Shadrix Silverquill, and Beledros Witherbloom.
This cycle of five cards first appeared in Lorwyn and consists of five rare lands with the "Hideaway" mechanic that may only be activiated when specific criterias are met. What cards are in this cycle?
Windbrisk Heights, Shelldock Isle, Howltooth Hollow, Spinerock Knoll, and Mosswort Bridge.
This card, throughout each printing it has had, is the card with the most amount of different art in each iteration that it has been printed in.
Command Tower.
On certain artifacts or artifact creatures, a player may find the keyword "______," which states that it enters with a number of +1/+1 (or charge) counters equal to the number of different colored mana pips spent on it.
Sunburst.
The term "______" is typically used when talking about a theoretical situation where a deck/combo operates as expected with no disruption or the deck starts with the EXACT openeing hand needed. This term usually refers to a highly unlikely situation.
Magical Christmasland.
In the card "Liliana's Contract," the win condition of it required four demons of different names to win. This is in reference to the four demons which Liliana forged a contract with to retain her youth and power. Who were those four demons?
Griselbrand, Kothoped, Razaketh, and Belzenlok.